Community Notes From Our Correspondents
Our correspondents describe a lively season with visitors and local projects. J A Plunket moves to Rockdale for camp meeting. Dr J E King visits though moustache jokes persist. J E Hoard of Athens reappears. Ed Huson enjoys oyster can fishing. Jackson Oil Mill builds a fire protection tank tower. Hendrick pushes a superior water system. Leila Meadows travels from Florida to Macon. Kinard plans a telephone line to Jackson. Misses McRae Walker Dublin visit. Miss Smith Monticello stays with Miss Lucy Dozier. Frank Middlebrooks returns from the wire grass for a short insurance job break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephors Arguub
J. A. Plunket
Rockdale
Joe
Ed Huson
Jackson Oil Mill Company
Macon
Leila Meadows
Florida
W. A. Cherry
Cherry
Flemister
Miss Smith
Monticello
Lucy Dozier
Frank Middlebrooks
Wire Grass
Iron Spring Jottings and county revival notes
Iron Spring Jottings laments public debates on metal values and mocks listeners as twaddle. It notes revivals underway with hope for moral improvement and previews next Friday’s Butts county Sabbath School Convention at Holiness Campground. The piece cites the “Sweetest name” hymn from Occasional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorrors
Butts County
Jesus
Flovilla Notes Preview Local Health Seekers and School News
Flovilla notes from August 7 1895 describe visitors to Indian Springs and Holts for mineral waters and affordable fare. New teacher N W Hunt returns and hires Miss Killpatrick for music as the school year looms with optimism for a strong county school. Primitive Baptists at Sandy Creek church hold revival with four baptisms and a Hawkinsville Cochran excursion to Morrow for Sunday School convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Springs
Ammons
Holts
Primitive Baptists
Sandy Creek Church
Messrs
Clem Towles
Joe Smith
Jeff Newton
Geo. Beeland
Hawkinsville
Morrow
Bertha McMichael Hostess for Pleasant Evening Soiree
On a clear Wednesday night July 31 guests gathered to the McMichael home on the Jackson road for a selective reception. Miss Bertha welcomed attendees in a pink gown. refreshments included creams fruits and light pastries. Mrs Ar Michael impressed guests with skilled catering and charming hospitality. The event left a fond memory for those who attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
J. A. McMichael
Bertha
Lawn Party at Capt Hitchins Home Delights Town
A Monday evening lawn party at Capt A G Hitchins home brought happiness to many locals. Guests included J C Blasingame W T Kelly Bob Lyons Geo Carmichael A H Steward Bob Ethridge and several young women led by Agnes Carmichael Nell Higgins Annie Carmichael Myrtle Pounds Myrtlee Peavy Eloise Pound Hattie Buttrill Carry Hitchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hitchins
Messrs
J.C. Blasingame
W. T. Kelly
Bob Lyons
Geo. Carmichael
A. H. Steward
Bob Ethridge
Agnes Carmichael
Nell Higgins
Complimentary Library Party At Col Dempsey Home
Miss Irene Dempsey hosted a Tuesday library party for Griffin visitors Misses Mary Boyles and Willie Hasselkus. Prof Henry Walker and Mrs Walker assisted. Guests guessed books with Miss Mary Nutt winning for Adam Bede. Mary Carmichael took the booby prize The House that Jack Built. Music games and a fine feast followed with decorations praised and hopes for a repeat event.
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Col
T. J. Dempsey
Irene Dempsey
Mary Boyles
Willie Hasselkus
Griffin
Henry Walker
Mary Nutt
Adam Bede
Jack
Mary Carmichael
P. P. P. touted as cure for diverse diseases
An advertisement extols P. P. P. as a universal remedy for Tudgestion, billiousness, dyspepsia and stomach troubles. It claims cures for rheumatism, syphilis, scrofula, blood poison, cancerous skin sores, glandular swellings, pimples, and other skin and blood diseases. Also advertises Abbott’s Hast Indian Corn Paint for corns warts bunions and Dr Miles Pain Pills for neuralgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbotts
Two Horses Drowned Crossing Sandy Creek
Col. Van McKibben and D. J. Spencer crossed Sandy Creek in swollen water last Tuesday. After an attempted recross, the current washed their two horses downstream and drowned them. The riders were thrown from the buggy but escaped drowning, swimming to the bank. little damage to the buggy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Creek
van McKibben
Col. McKibbin
D. J. Spencer
Delayed Pay for County Teachers Draws Censure
The article laments second quarter pay delays for public school teachers, noting a $1700 disbursement by Commissioner C. S. Maddox after overdue July 1st payments. It blames slow cash flow, not the commissioner, and urges a remedy to ensure quarterly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Maddox
Publish the Proceedings and Cotton Crop Outlook
Citizens urge the town council to publish annual financial proceedings per Section xxviii. The column calls for transparent budgets and disbursements. It also analyzes a likely smaller cotton crop, predicting yields between 6 and 7.6 million bales and advising farmers to hold cotton for better prices.
Cheaper Wheels Move By Major Bicycle Pact
Two large manufacturers the Studebaker Wagon Co of South Bend Indiana and the Cincinnati Buggy Co of Cincinnati Ohio merge to mass produce bicycles. They plan 490000 wheels at wholesale 18 dollars each promising wheels as good as any 100 dollar wheel. The move aims to offset buggy business decline and create a monopoly by cutting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker Wagon Co
South Bend
Ind
Cincinnati Buggy Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Botanic Blood Balm Ad Claims Skin Beauty Via Blood Purity
Advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for all skin and blood diseases, asserting it beautifies the complexion by purifying and enriching blood. It claims to cure inveterate cases after eminent physicians failed, pricing one dollar per large bottle and selling through druggists.
Churches Report for Flovilla and Jenkinsburg Missions
The Flovilla circuit led by Rev. John Spier reports 425 members with 225 Sunday School scholars and five infant baptisms. The Jenkinsburg mission under Rev. J. S. As kew lists 340 members with 275 Sunday School scholars and one infant baptism.
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Flovilla Circcuit
John Spier
Womans’ Missionary Society
Bishop’s Fund
Jenkinsburg
J. S. Askew
Auction Notice in Jackson Butts County Georgia
In Jackson town, Butts County will sell before the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in September for cash. A Brooks hand power cotton press owned by W C Woods J A P Woods and C B Knowles is levied to satisfy a Butts Superior Court mortgage in favor of Russell & Co. against W C Woods J A P Woods and C B Knowles. This August 7 1895. Sheriff J O Beauchamp.
Mortgage Sale Notice For Property In Jackson Butts County
By virtue of a mortgage dated September 29 1893 recorded October 3 1893 in Butts County Georgia I will on the first Tuesday and 8rd day in September 1895 expose to public sale at the south door of the county courthouse in Jackson bids in cash to satisfy the debt interest and costs The property is a one half acre house and lot in Jackson bounded by Mrs Martha Respess Ann Duke the estate of E J Ellis deceased and Mary Starman Title in fee simple to the purchaser R W Mays August 9 1895 6 00 augd 4t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
J.C. Stillwell
Superior Court Clerk's
Jackson
Martha Respess
Ann Duke
E. J. Ellis
Mary Starman
R. W. Mays
Executors Seek Dismissal and Land Sale Permissions
Public notices from Butts County Georgia cite J C Pittman as administrator of Sarah F Turner and J B Rich as executor seeking discharge and authority to sell land. A H Smith administrator of Eulalia Morrison seeks discharge and cites the first Monday in November 1895 for the hearing. The county auditor announces a tax levy of four tenths of one percent for 1895 to fund court house jail bridge coroner pauper commission general and jury funds totaling forty cents per hundred dollars.
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State OF Georgia
Butts.County
J. C. Pittman
Sarah F. Turner
Butts County
A.H. Smith
Eulalia P. Morrison
J.F. Carmichael
Georgia
J. F. Carmichael
Court House
Lank Barber Kills Wife Then Flees County Area
Lank Barber shot and killed his wife in the county's lower region Wednesday after months of quarrel and threats. He is described as a tall burly black man about 25 with his left hand missing above the wrist and has eluded arrest. A separate note mentions a Black man with an ear injury over a dollar doctor bill, details of a local incident.
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Lank Barber
Col
Barber
Land for sale near town by McDonald and Rose
A customer seeks seventy five or one hundred acres within five or six miles of town. If you have land for sale call McDonald and Rose.
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McDonald & Rose
Hall's Catarrh Cure No Mercury Claims
Advertisement warns against mercury based catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Ohio. It emphasizes internal action, reputable prescription use, Toledo manufacturing, testimonials free, and price of 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tolédo
Toledo
Ohio
Oy Druggista
Dr Miles Pain Pills Priced At One Cent A Dose
An old ad touts Dr Miles Pain Pills offered at one cent per dose. The copy emphasizes affordable relief and urges readers to purchase the remedy directly from catalogs, noting simple instructions and broad availability.
Prospect seeks buyer for location in a private offer
A reader notes interest from a potential purchaser seeking to acquire a specific location. The notice invites individuals with knowledge or leads to come forward with information.
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East Jackson
E. J
N. W. Hunt
Miles
Town of
Dr. Miles
Report of Churches
Flovilla and
Sherife
John B. Rich
Jackson Rich
F. Carmicheal
The
Lindsey C. Woods
Mary M. Bone
M. E. Lynch
George S. Lynch
Geo. S. Lynch
Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
Ill
W. L. Carmichael
McDonald & Kinard
Surance
UAL Estate Agents
Ceorcia
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